Please help me organise this trip!!!!!!

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I am traveling from North London to South London in the next few days and I just can't seem to get it all together. So I have a baby who will be traveling with us( me and DH). The problem is I don't understand how to organise trip. How will I take the baby in the buggy and how will I get to the place I am supposed to because it's a good 26 minutes walk from the station. If I take a cab from the station I won't have the car seat with me. I would really appreciate your suggestions.
P.S I am new in this country which adds up to my anxiety of travelling with a baby

I'm not really seeing your problem here. Do you have any extra luggage or a disability or something else that you haven't mentioned in your original post?

Either carry baby in a sling and use public transport just as you would if you didn't have baby. DH can carry an extra bag with baby stuff in if required.

Or take buggy, fold it to get on a bus, there are 2 adults, one holds the baby while the other folds the buggy. If using the tube or encountering stairs, again there are 2 of you, just lift the buggy up or down the stairs.

Why can't you walk 26 minutes with a buggy????

If you can avoid it though, don't travel at rush hour.

Maybe if you post which stations or areas you will be travelling to or from, London folk could help you planning a route if that's what you are struggling with.

It probably depends from where to where. Do you need the buggy, could you use a sling? Buses tend to be buggy accessible but slower than tube. Some overland trains run north-south. 26 minutes really isn't that far.

How old is your baby? Do you travel much with them at the moment, or is it usually in the car?

Have a look at the TFL journey planner

tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/

I think you can also get information about stations with step free access. I would just walk/bus to station, tube/train/DLR as necessary and walk at the other end if there isn't a bus, but as long as you are able bodied, 26 minutes isn't far at all to walk, especially if they use the same the quite slow walking speed as google maps. 26 minutes would be just over a mile.

Or am I missing something really obvious? I thought you were going to ask about travelling to another continent or a multi journey trip, not going from one side of a city (that has excellent public transport) to another.

If you take a black cab you can wheel the buggy (and baby) in and just apply the brake.

Buggy can travel on buses and tubes too (though you might have to be prepared to fold them at busy times). A sling will help.

Baby is 10 months old and I have a slight disability from a stroke I had after the delivery so the whole idea of lifting things and traveling scares me. It's my first long trip after the stroke so I am very anxious. The idea of black cab is great. I think half the problem is sorted. Thanks a lot lovely people

Probably helpful if you give us a start and end destination.

Woodside park to oxshott

Woodside Park - Northern Line to Waterloo, will take about 35 minutes. Then there are escalators to the main rail station. Then train to Oxshott, every half hour. However there's a footbridge and lots of steps at Oxshott which is in the middle of nowhere and no cabs, so I suggest getting a cab from another station - Surbiton or Esher, probably.

If it's you and DH, then one can hold baby and one the buggy, or DH can push buggy onto the escalator. Alone, don't be afraid to ask people to help.

Another option to avoid escalators might be to get a lift to Elstree & Borehamwood (step free access throughout), then Thameslink to Wimbledon (about an hour), then cab to destination or train to a closer station - Wimbledon has step-free access throughout and a cab rank. Esher has a cab office and is step free coming from London, Oxshott is step free returning to London.

Oxshott is not south London ! A cab from Wimbledon will cost a bomb. The above idea of arriving at Esher and returning from oxshott is good.

Yes, Oxshott station is in the middle of some woods in the middle of a leafy bit of Surrey. Incredibly boring place with no facilities. I'm actually struggling to think of anywhere it's the nearest station for apart from houses!

All the information is so very helpful. Thanks a lot everyone. I really really appreciate it.